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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






2. What is normal albumin levels?






3. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






4. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






5. Where can you get more vitamin D?






6. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






7. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






8. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






9. What type of people need extra protein?






10. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






11. What is the function of vitamin C?






12. What foods have high quality protein?






13. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






14. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






15. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






16. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






17. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






18. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






19. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






20. Sources of fats






21. How many calories/gram is protein?






22. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






23. What are healthy sources of fats?






24. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






25. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






26. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






27. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






28. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






29. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






30. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






31. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






32. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






33. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






34. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






35. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






36. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






37. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






38. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






39. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






40. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






41. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






42. Name six sources of grains






43. The higher the BMR a client has --






44. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






45. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






46. What function is vitamin D?






47. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






48. What is the function of vitamin E?






49. What is normal BMI?






50. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?